The Association for Scottish
Literary Studies
SIR WALTER SCOTT,
THE TROSSACHS AND THE TOURISTS
Saturday 5th – Sunday 6th June 2010
Carrochan, Carrochan Road, Balloch, Scotland
Celebrating the bicentenary of the publication of Scott’s great romantic poem The Lady of the Lake, this conference will explore the potent appeal that links books, places, authors and readers. It will throw light on tourism in the Trossachs before 1810, and on the indigenous Gaelic culture of the area; it will look afresh at how Sir Walter’s writings responded to the landscape, history and literature of the region; and it will trace his impact on the tourists, authors and artists who thronged in his wake. To mark the occasion ASLS and the National Park are joining to launch an attractive new edition of The Lady of the Lake. The conference will consider how well the poem, which became a sensational bestseller, has stood the test of time. What interest does it hold for today’s readers and visitors to the Trossachs?
A bookstall will be available during the conference.
The conference is open to all who wish to attend. Early booking is advised.
PROGRAMME
| 9:30 | Registration and coffee |
| 10:00 | Welcome, introduction and book launch |
| 10:20 | Before The Lady of the Lake: the discovery of the Trossachs in the 1790s (Tom Furniss)
On the lookout for beauty – Dorothy Wordsworth in the Trossachs (Dorothy McMillan) |
| 11:30 | Coffee/tea |
| 11:45 | “Woe to him who has lost his voice”: rediscovering the Gaelic literature of Lennox and Menteith (Michael Newton)
The Lady of the Lake: a poem for the twenty-first century (Alison Lumsden) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 | Walter Scott’s Rob Roy (David Hewitt)
Scott and the appeal of literary tourism (Nicola Watson) |
| 15:20 | Coffee/tea |
| 15:35–16:30 | Film and the Trossachs (David Manderson) |
| 19:00 | Conference Buffet Supper in Kilmaronock Millennium Hall, Gartocharn
Where required, transport between Carrochan and the Kilmaronock Hall will be arranged. |
| 10:00 | Scott is Scottland: did Scott create Scottish tourism? (Alastair Durie)
Rethinking Scott, Art and the Highlands (Murdo Macdonald) |
| 11:10 | Coffee/tea |
| 11:25 | Jules Verne and the Trossachs (Ian Thompson)
Contemporary tourists and The Trossachs Experience (Alison Phipps) |
| 12:40 | Concluding plenary |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Coach excursion via the Duke’s Pass to Loch Katrine, and scenic cruise on the Sir Walter Scott, returning to Balloch by 17:15 approx. |
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Duncan Jones |
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Last updated 1 February 2010.